obligar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin obligāre.

Verb

obligar

1. to oblige; to force

Conjugation

Conjugation of obligar

infinitive		obligar
gerund		obligando
past participle		m obligáu, f obligada, n obligao, m pl obligaos, f pl obligaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	obligo	obligues	obliga	obligamos	obligáis	obliguen
	imperfect	obligaba	obligabes	obligaba	obligábemos, obligábamos	obligabeis, obligabais	obligaben
	preterite	obligué	obligasti, obliguesti	obligó	obliguemos	obligastis, obliguestis	obligaron
	pluperfect	obligare, obligara	obligares, obligaras	obligare, obligara	obligáremos, obligáramos	obligareis, obligarais	obligaren, obligaran
	future	obligaré	obligarás	obligará	obligaremos	obligaréis	obligarán
	conditional	obligaría	obligaríes	obligaría	obligaríemos, obligaríamos	obligaríeis, obligaríais	obligaríen
subjunctive	present	obligue	obligues, obligas	obligue	obliguemos	obliguéis	obliguen, obligan
	imperfect	obligare, obligara	obligares, obligaras	obligare, obligara	obligáremos, obligáramos	obligareis, obligarais	obligaren, obligaran
imperative		—	obliga	—	—	obligái	—

Related terms

• obligación

Further reading

• “obligar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “obligar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [u.βliˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.bliˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.bliˈɣaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [o.βliˈɣa]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

obligar (first-person singular present obligo, first-person singular preterite obliguí, past participle obligat)

1. to oblige, force, obligate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of obligar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			obligar
gerund			obligant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obligat		obligada
		plural		obligats		obligades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obligo	obligues	obliga	obliguem	obligueu	obliguen
	imperfect	obligava	obligaves	obligava	obligàvem	obligàveu	obligaven
	future	obligaré	obligaràs	obligarà	obligarem	obligareu	obligaran
	preterite	obliguí	obligares	obligà	obligàrem	obligàreu	obligaren
	conditional	obligaria	obligaries	obligaria	obligaríem	obligaríeu	obligarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obligui	obliguis	obligui	obliguem	obligueu	obliguin
	imperfect	obligués	obliguessis	obligués	obliguéssim	obliguéssiu	obliguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	obliga	obligui	obliguem	obligueu	obliguin
	negative (no)	—	no obliguis	no obligui	no obliguem	no obligueu	no obliguin

Related terms

• lligar
• obligació

Further reading

• “obligar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “obligar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “obligar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “obligar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre. Cognate with English oblige and obligate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obliˈɡaɾ/ [o.β̞liˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧bli‧gar

Verb

obligar (first-person singular present obligo, first-person singular preterite obligué, past participle obligado)

1. to force, to compel, to make (someone do something)

   Por favor no me obligues a hacer esto.

   Please don't make me do this.

2. to oblige, to obligate, to bind

   La Carta de las Naciones Unidas obliga a todos los miembros de la organización a respetar el principio de la no discriminación.

   The Charter of the United Nations binds all the members of the organization to respect the principle of non-discrimination.

3. (reflexive, law) to be bound, to be obliged, to be obligated
4. (reflexive) to force oneself or make oneself (do something)
5. (reflexive) to commit oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obligar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obligar
gerund			obligando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obligado		obligada
		plural		obligados		obligadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obligo	obligastú obligásvos	obliga	obligamos	obligáis	obligan
	imperfect	obligaba	obligabas	obligaba	obligábamos	obligabais	obligaban
	preterite	obligué	obligaste	obligó	obligamos	obligasteis	obligaron
	future	obligaré	obligarás	obligará	obligaremos	obligaréis	obligarán
	conditional	obligaría	obligarías	obligaría	obligaríamos	obligaríais	obligarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obligue	obliguestú obliguésvos2	obligue	obliguemos	obliguéis	obliguen
	imperfect (ra)	obligara	obligaras	obligara	obligáramos	obligarais	obligaran
	imperfect (se)	obligase	obligases	obligase	obligásemos	obligaseis	obligasen
	future1	obligare	obligares	obligare	obligáremos	obligareis	obligaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		obligatú obligávos	obligue	obliguemos	obligad	obliguen
	negative		no obligues	no obligue	no obliguemos	no obliguéis	no obliguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of obligar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive obligar	dative	obligarme	obligarte	obligarle, obligarse	obligarnos	obligaros	obligarles, obligarse
	accusative	obligarme	obligarte	obligarlo, obligarla, obligarse	obligarnos	obligaros	obligarlos, obligarlas, obligarse
with gerund obligando	dative	obligándome	obligándote	obligándole, obligándose	obligándonos	obligándoos	obligándoles, obligándose
	accusative	obligándome	obligándote	obligándolo, obligándola, obligándose	obligándonos	obligándoos	obligándolos, obligándolas, obligándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative obliga	dative	oblígame	oblígate	oblígale	oblíganos	not used	oblígales
	accusative	oblígame	oblígate	oblígalo, oblígala	oblíganos	not used	oblígalos, oblígalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative obligá	dative	obligame	obligate	obligale	obliganos	not used	obligales
	accusative	obligame	obligate	obligalo, obligala	obliganos	not used	obligalos, obligalas
with formal second-person singular imperative obligue	dative	oblígueme	not used	oblíguele, oblíguese	oblíguenos	not used	oblígueles
	accusative	oblígueme	not used	oblíguelo, oblíguela, oblíguese	oblíguenos	not used	oblíguelos, oblíguelas
with first-person plural imperative obliguemos	dative	not used	obliguémoste	obliguémosle	obliguémonos	obliguémoos	obliguémosles
	accusative	not used	obliguémoste	obliguémoslo, obliguémosla	obliguémonos	obliguémoos	obliguémoslos, obliguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obligad	dative	obligadme	not used	obligadle	obligadnos	obligaos	obligadles
	accusative	obligadme	not used	obligadlo, obligadla	obligadnos	obligaos	obligadlos, obligadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obliguen	dative	oblíguenme	not used	oblíguenle	oblíguennos	not used	oblíguenles, oblíguense
	accusative	oblíguenme	not used	oblíguenlo, oblíguenla	oblíguennos	not used	oblíguenlos, oblíguenlas, oblíguense

Related terms

• ligar
• obligación

Further reading

• “obligar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre. Compare Italian obbligare.

Verb

obligar

1. (transitive) to oblige, compel

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of obligar (first conjugation)

infinitive	obligar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		obligando
past participle		obligà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	obligo	(te) oblighi	(el/ła) obliga	oblighémo, obligòn	oblighé	(i/łe) obliga
imperfect	obligava	(te) obligavi	(el/ła) obligava	obligàvimo	obligavi	(i/łe) obligava
future	obligarò	(te) obligarè	(el/ła) obligarà	obligarémo	obligarè	(i/łe) obligarà
conditional	obligarìa	(te) obligarisi	(el/ła) obligarìa	obligarìsimo	obligarisi	(i/łe) obligarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	oblighe, obliga	(te) oblighi	(el/ła) oblighe, (el/ła) obliga	oblighémo, obligone	oblighé	(i/łe) oblighe, (i/łe) obliga
imperfect	obligase	(te) obligasi	(el/ła) obligase	obligàsimo	obligasi	(i/łe) obligase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) obliga	(el/ła) obliga, (el/ła) oblighe	oblighémo	oblighé	(i/łe) obliga, (i/łe) oblighe

Related terms

• obligà
• łigar